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iOS malware, seen affecting customers in China, can infect non-jailbroken devices via App Store if the customer's PC is compromised — AceDeceiver: First iOS Trojan Exploiting Apple DRM Design Flaws to Infect Any iOS Device — We've discovered a new family of iOS malware …
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Oculus Rift to have 30 titles at its March 28 launch priced between $10 and $60; Lucky's Tale bundled with the headset — The 29 Oculus Rift games you'll be able to buy at launch — Two weeks before Oculus launches its Rift virtual reality headset, we're learning what games people …
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Sources: Apple signs deal with Google, spending $400M-$600M on Google Cloud Platform, reducing its reliance on AWS — Cloud Makes For Strange Bedfellows: Apple Signs On With Google, Cuts Spending With AWS — Pages — Alphabet's Google has quietly scored a major coup in its campaign …
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Uber launches Family Profiles in Atlanta, Dallas, and Phoenix, letting users link up to 10 people, family and friends, to one account — Brought to You by Popular Demand: Family Profiles — As more people use Uber, feedback from riders and drivers has become an important source of inspiration for new app features.| Matt Weinberger / Business Insider: |
Xbox One will be able to run Windows 10 Universal Windows Platform apps later this summer, as the Xbox Store and the Windows Store get merged into one — Microsoft is mashing Windows and the Xbox together to win over its most critical market — When Microsoft launched Windows 10 in the summer of 2015 …
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Twitter launches on Windows 10 Mobile — Twitter today launched its app on Windows 10 Mobile. The company has effectively updated its universal Windows app to support not just desktops and tablets, but phones as well. You can download the new app now from the Windows Store.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Local deals site LivingSocial lays off 280, over 50% of staff, outsources customer services — More bad news for LivingSocial, the beleaguered commerce platform that competes with the likes of Groupon in offering deals on events and services local to its users.
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| Mark Bergen / Re/code: |
Vic Gundotra's AliveCor is building the Kardia Band, a heart monitor with medical grade ECG analysis for the Apple Watch, awaiting FDA approval — Vic Gundotra, Former Google+ Boss, Is Building a Heart Monitor for the Apple Watch — AliveCor, a startup that builds heart-monitoring sensors …
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Tweets: @lexnfx and @counternotions
| Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch: |
Smart doorbell startup Ring raises $61.2M series C led by KPCB, reveals sleeker $250 Pro with 1080p camera, additional 5Ghz WiFi, and custom motion zones — Ring's new Video Doorbell Pro ditches the battery for more smarts in a smaller package — Ring, the folks behind … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler poised to circulate draft order approving Charter-TWC deal as soon as this week, with clauses ensuring growth of online video — FCC Drafting Order to Approve Charter-Time Warner Cable Deal — Order, expected as soon as this week, will set conditions focusing on promoting online video competition
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Digital Trends, Ars Technica, Politico, DSLreports, Light Reading, The Hill, Consumerist, ZDNet, The Verge and Deadline
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Waze now tells you when to leave, thanks to its new Planned Drives feature — Turn-by-turn navigation application Waze announced this morning a handy new feature that will make it easier for those who are planning to drive to an upcoming appointment, meeting or other important trip: Waze Planned Drives.
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AppleInsider, VentureBeat, Waze, MacRumors, PC Magazine, The Next Web, Lifehacker, TrustedReviews, GeekWire, BGR, Gizmodo, Pocket-lint, 9to5Mac, Digital Trends and Engadget
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Amazon launches AWS Database Migration Service out of preview to all customers — Amazon has launched a new service that makes it easier for companies to move their databases to Amazon Web Services (AWS) and promises that firms can “set up their migrations in less than 10 minutes.”Sponsor Posts
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